As we enter Week 9 of the 2017-18 NBA season, We at Essentially Sports take a look back at NBA Week 8 and analyse the key happenings from this week's games.
News and major occurrences in NBA Week 8
DeMarcus Cousins...

Blake Griffin's trade will cause a re-think of the NBA collective bargaining agreement. That agreement ensured that players who had met certain criteria, could sign larger contracts with the teams that drafted them. This would make elite level players...

Rivalry among teams are nearly as common as individual rivalries. Like the other, they can have a host of factors influencing the intensity of the rivalry, not only relating to the sport or sportsmanship, but other political and financial...

2016-17 Washington Wizards record: 49-33 (4th in eastern conference)
Notable changes in the roster: Bojan Bogdanovic and Brandon Jennings left.
Washington Wizards was one of the most fun teams to watch last season. Under Head Coach Scott Brook's tutelage, they propelled...

When Michael Jordan and LeBron James both made their debuts, you could just sense, that there is something about these two players. You just knew, right from their very first game, they will go down as the greatest players...

We are now well into the 2017-18 NBA regular season. A lot of interesting things have been happening as of late. Former teammates jawing each other up, head coaches getting fired. Going into NBA Week 6, We got it...